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From infancy, almost, the average girl is told that marriage is her ultimate goal; therefore her training and education must be directed toward that end. Like the mute beast fattened for slaughter, she is prepared for

From infancy, almost, the average girl is told that marriage is her ultimate goal; therefore her training and education must be directed toward that end. Like the mute beast fattened for slaughter, she is prepared for that.

Emma Goldman
Marriage, Girl, Average
Emma Goldman (2012). “Marriage and Love”, p.6, The Floating Press

On rare occasions one does hear of a miraculous case of a married couple falling in love after marriage, but on close examination it will be found that it is a mere adjustment to the inevitable.

Emma Goldman
Inspirational, Funny, Marriage
Emma Goldman (2015). “Anarchism and Other Essays”, p.172, Library of Alexandria

In taking out an insurance policy one pays for it in dollars and cents, always at liberty to discontinue payments. If, however, womans premium is a husband, she pays for it with her name, her privacy, her self-respect, her very life, until death doth part.

Emma Goldman
Marriage, Husband, Self
Emma Goldman (2015). “Anarchism and Other Essays”, p.172, Library of Alexandria

Thus Dante's motto over Inferno applies with equal force to marriage: "Ye who enter here leave all hope behind.

Emma Goldman
Marriage, Motto, Inferno
Emma Goldman (2012). “Marriage and Love”, p.4, The Floating Press

Nora leaves her husband, not-as the stupid critic would have it-because she is tired of her responsibilities or feels the need of woman's rights, but because she has come to know that for eight years she had lived with a stranger and borne him children. Can there be anything more humiliating, more degrading than a life-long proximity between two strangers? No need for the woman to know anything of the man, save his income. As to the knowledge of the woman-what is there to know except that she has a pleasing appearance?

Emma Goldman
Marriage, Husband, Children
Emma Goldman (2012). “Marriage and Love”, p.5, The Floating Press

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